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Cattle ranching in Brazil is a major cause of deforestation. But sustainable production chains could be within our reach. Brazil has one of the greatest growth rates of beef production in the world according to recent research. As a result, up to 75% of deforestation in Brazil is related to expanding cattle ranches. Needless to […]

His Royal Highness Prince Seeiso Bereng Seeiso of the Kingdom of Lesotho speaks about landscapes, Lesotho, and being a torchbearer for Africa. At the Global Landscapes Forum, Warsaw, 17 November 2013.

Rachel Kyte – Vice President for Sustainable Development at the World Bank and incoming special envoy for climate change – discusses landscapes, forests and the post-2015 development agenda at the Global Landscapes Forum in Warsaw, 17 November 2013. “It’s taken years and real leadership to get researchers from different disciplines working together,” she says.

As climate talks continued at COP19 and climate activists took to the streets of Warsaw to demand an end to business as usual, the first Global Landscapes Forum debuted at the University of Warsaw Saturday, launching a two day conference to promote a novel holistic approach to addressing climate change while meeting the need to […]

We think we know three truths about gender in development, says Dr. Seema Aror Jonsson, from the Swedish University of Agricultural Scientists: women are the poorest of the poor; women are more prone to die in natural disasters; women are more environmentally conscious.  But have we been deceived? People love to include statistics on the […]

The Global Landscapes Forum, taking place alongside the COP19 global climate talks in Warsaw, is an opportunity for us to look for meaningful answers to the question of our time: How can we nutritiously and sustainably feed 9 billion people by 2050, while not contributing to climate change? We need an integrated and inclusive approach […]